Everybody stood around, mourning and weeping. Everybody eventually broke down as tears cascaded down their cheeks.

Matt Sanders announced for everybody to gather near the podium so that he could make a speech for his deceased father.

Matt cleared his throat and began his speech, sniffling and pushing away the tears from his cheeks with his palm.

"Gary Sanders, my father, my hero and shelter was a good man. He looked after not only my family, but my best friends, Valary and Michelle DiBenedetto, James and Estelle Sullivan, Johnathan and Jareb Seward, Zachery Baker and Brian Elwin. Gary provided food and shelter for us. He was there when I had my first-"

With that, Matt broke down crying, covering his face with his right palm while he took sharp intakes of breaths.

Matt finally calmed down and continued,"Fight, my father protected my sister and I when I experienced my first fight. Things might have seemed unfair at first, finding out that my pop died in a car accident but life moves on. Hence, even though Gary Sanders has passed on, our fond memories with this wonderful man remain vivid and clear." Matt ended off with a prayer and the Sign of the Cross.

He stumbled off the podium and immediately, Val enveloped him in a tight hug, caressing his head as he wept into her neck.

"Hmm. My name is Jareb and I have a few things to say about Mr Gary Sanders." She looked over to Matt and he gave her an approving nod.

Jareb continued with her speech and she ended off with saying, "Rest in Peace, I love you Papa Sanders." Jareb stepped off the podium and sat back down in between Estelle and Malachi.

Gary Sanders had passed on when a car came crashing right into him, the driver was drunk at that point of time.

The impact that Gary had on each individuals lives will always be remembered.

He taught Matt how to fight properly, how to defend and how to go offensive.

He taught Malachi how to colour, draw and play the violin.

He looked after Michelle and Valary like his own daughters.

He taught Jimmy how to drink the proper way, teaching him how to sober up too.

Gary taught Estelle how to fight as well and also, she picked up some art tips from him.

He always talked and counseled Brian and Zacky when they had problems.

For the Seward twins, Gary talked to their parents, a heart-to-heart talk, making them understand their own children.

Johnny learnt his guitar tricks from Gary.

Jareb, well, was the only one interested in learning how to cook and was extremely drawn by the idea of fixing vehicles.

But most importantly, Gary introduced God to Jareb's Aethist lifestyle, teaching not only Jareb but the rest of the teenagers who were close to him about God.

Everybody could always find Zacky and Gary in the backyard, playing some baseball.

Now, it was so unbelievable that Gary Sanders was long gone.

It's been two weeks and everybody seemed more accepting... Yet there were some effects.

Matt became more angsty, he was always frustrated because teachers kept giving sympathetic looks and kept questioning Matt about whether he was all right.

Malachi just drifted deeper into her own world.

The rest seemed to have lost intrest in studying, except for Estelle, Jareb and Malachi, meaning, the rest dropped out of the school.

Matt started a band with Zacky, Jimmy, Johnny and Brian by the name of Avenged Sevenfold.

Each one of them had their own stage names:-Matt became Matt Shadows due to his dark personalty,Zachary became Zacky Vengeance due to him wanting revenge against those people who has hurt him.James or Jimmy became Jimmy The Reverand Tholomew Plague,Jonathan became Johnny Christ andBrian became Synyster Gaytes.

They were into Heavy Metal and Screamo scene, using Matt's strong vocals to scream to the world about their feelings.

Estelle was a part time artist and sold some of her work for cash to pay her tuition fees.

Jareb did baby sitting as her part time job, to pay off her tuition fees.

Estelle wanted to be an artist and go to NUOA, the National University Of Arts but Jareb had no idea what to do do but she studied hard and eventually, both entered University, majoring what they wanted to since High School.

-2001-

"Rebo! We are going to be late! Faster your ass up!" Estelle's voice chimed from the other side of the door.

Slow footsteps thumped on the stairs as an extremely sleepy Jareb emerged, dressed in a hoodie and a pair of skinnies with a beanie pulled over her blow dried hair.

"Finally! Let's go!" Estelle thundered as she dragged Jareb out of the door.

Don't get Estelle wrong, Estelle loves Literature but their teacher is some asshole who does not teach one bit and as for Mathematics, she even tried to convince the principal into not letting her take Mathematics up.

When Estelle heard that Jareb wanted to take up Pure Mathematics, she burst out laughing thinking Jareb was pulling a fast one.

When Jareb said that she was serious about Pure Mathematics, Estelle just gaped at her with awe and Estelle still remembers that moment even though it was last year, December, and it is now September as it was back to school since Summer vacation just ended.

Estelle and Jareb were learning about Julius Caesar and his greatness for Literature and to the whole class of 12 students who took this subject up, they did not understand a word Mr Sham says.

"Please copy this entire sheet of paper and you guys can go off." Mr Sham announced to the entire congregation huddled in the first 2 rows of the Auditorium.

Jareb was out of the door once Mr Sham was done with his instructions and she did not even bother copying what was instructed to be done so.

"Estelle Young?" Mr Sham called out.

"Yes Sir?" Estelle answered.

"Keep up the good work because you are doing excellent in your essays. Top in class, even higher standards than the 3rd yearers in this school." Mr Sham smiled. Estelle just beamed and walked out of the Auditorium.

-End of Chapter Three-

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 ♥

I almost told you that I loved you. (Chapter 2)

"Whoopee-fucken-doo!"Jimmy mimicked Jareb as the entire group walked home with each other.

"You guys wanna come over? I think my old man has cooked something and we can do homework as a large group."Matt announced and grinned, showing off his dimples.

Johnny and Jareb exchanged glances and nodded happily, smirking at each other.

"Hell yeah! I want to get away from that shithole!" Estelle exclaimed excitedly and high-fived her brother.

"Hey old man, friends are here!" Matt shouted once everybody stepped through the front door.

"Good afternoon to you too, Matthew young man. I've made lunch, alright? Help yourselves." A man, around his mid-late forties stepped out from the kitchen, wearing an apron. Everybody swore that Matt was a chip off the old block.

"Hello Mr Gary!"" The whole group chorused with a happy tone. They were extremely glad to be away from home.

"Let's get some gru-ooff!" Matt stopped short when somebody hopped onto his back.

"Aw boy, I have told you so many times not to get into these kinds of crap." Gary said in a stern voice and stared hard at Matt who sank further into his seat.

"Daddy... What is crap?" Malachi's innocent voice broke the awkward silence, her big brown eyes looking deep in her father's brown ones. Everybody was waiting for Gary's explanation, wanting to know how was he going to get out of this sticky situation.

"Well... It means... Uh... Well... You know..." Gary stuttered and chuckled nervously to himself. Everybody was amused by this situation and continues watching intently, eating at the same time.

"Yes papa? What does it mean?! What, what?!" Malachi pleaded and pouted, while tugging on Gary's t-shirt sleeve.

"I'll tell you, soon, okay? I promise." Gary said in a nervous grin.

"Okay, daddy..." Malachi said, sounding a bit disappointed.

"Aw, 'Chi, let Rebby give you some cookies, okay?" Jareb called from the kitchen counter and went over to Malachi and swooped Malachi into her arms, carrying Malachi over to Johnny's backpack.

"Here ya go, babe." Jareb grinned and handed Malachi a double chocolate chip cookie that she made for Johnny and herself for break time.

"Yay! Thanky!" Malachi screamed and chomped happily on her cookie. All of a sudden, a loud, obnoxious sound erupted from Zacky's lips.

"Holy! What the f- I mean, what the heck is wrong with you?!" Estelle exclaimed and carefully chose her words due to the presence of a 9-year-old Malachi.

Everybody chuckled and giggled at Gary while Matt rolled his eyes and said over enthusiastically, "Oh, daddy kins, the food you conjured up today is oh-so-irresistible! Can I have some more?! Please, please?!"

Everybody just cringed and stared at Matt and his father "I cannot believe that my boyfriend is becoming a pansy." Val sighed sadly and meddled with her food using a fork.

-After Lunch-"Alright, we are done with rubbish Physics. What else is there for us to help each other with?" Lena questioned, rubbing her temples and groaned.

"Matt! Matt! Yo!" Jareb jogged over to the two who were rolling around on the hallway floors.

Heads poked out of classrooms, teachers rushed out and murmuring erupted from the students.

"Matthew! Don't! He ain't worth getting suspended or getting into deeper trouble!" Jareb hushed as she pulled Matt off Fred.

"The bastard deserved it, Jar." Matt sneered and was lead off by his two friends, Jimmy and Zacky but glanced back ever so often.

Valary was sobbing and leaning against one of the lockers with Estelle and Lacey comforting her.

Johnny was holding Fred up against one of the lockers and whispering into Fred's ear, and by the way Fred was nodding so frantically. Everybody could tell that the pain-stricken Fred was frighten and pretty shaken up by Matt's actions and Johnny's words.

"Leave these people be, big bro. No point in wasting time on assholes as such." Jareb whispered over to Johnny, tugging him away from Fred.

Johnny went back to his Spanish class and sat down with a huff, disappointed that his sister was in the German class instead of Spanish.

"Ouch! What the fuck?!" Johnny yelped out in pain when a spit ball came crashing into his left temple. Johnny wiped the piece of muck from his head and continue sleeping in class.

*Jimmy’s younger sister. Graduated from the National University of Arts (NUOA) and currently working as a free lance artist. Her best friend is Jareb and they were room mates in University but now living in Avenged Sevenfold’s mansion. She plays the electric guitar and is currently getting schooled by Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates. She speaks with a unique American accent.

Final Academic Results:
English: A
Japanese: A
Combined Mathematics: B+
English Literature: A with Distinction
Japanese Literature: A with Distinction
Biology: B
Physics: B
Pure History: A with Distinction
Civics and Moral: A
Art: A with Distinction

Attitude wise:
She is calm, cool, and collected. She calms Jareb down a lot and always prevents Jareb from killing Raphael dues to his cockiness. She is extremely easy-going yet she can be straightforward and blunt causing people to get pissed off with her when they first meet her. She is extremely mysterious and aloof, like doing drugs the first time, you want to find out more. She is sarcastic in a subtle way, witty in a subtle way, assholic in a subtle way, which to Jareb is considered extremely lovable. Though she seems this way, she cares a lot for the people around her though she does not show it.

Looks:
Slightly shorter than Zacky Vengeance. Has short black Eygptian Cleopatra hair cut with 2 dark, blood red streaks in it. Pale alabaster skin. Is slim and weak in physical actitivies. She always have her red contact lenses on. She has a red star of David on the right side of her forehead hidden by her fringe. Wears an ear cuff chained to a stud, which was a gift from Vee.

*Johnny’s twin sister and best friend of Estelle and also used to be her room mate, now living in Avenged Sevenfold’s mansion. A University graduate of the National University of Accounts and currently she is working in a garage called GAS as a car mechanic due to the unavailability of positions for Mathematicians and this mechanic job pays well due to GAS being well known to celebrities. She plays the drums and is getting schooled by The Rev. She speaks with a hint of German accent.

Attitude wise:
She is angered easily yet forgiving. She is a total worry-wart and is extremely dense but often acts dumb to let some people who piss her off slide. She is extremely sarcastic to the point that annoys Estelle, who mind you, has a high tolerance level. A total glutton and also a pervert. Even though she might be mature, she is still naïve when it comes to love therefore falling in love easily. She intimidates everybody including Raphael, Estelle and Matt when she is really angry. Malachi gets along with her and also has a strong relationship with her.

Looks:
She is shorter than Johnny even though they are twins. She has hazel eyes, shoulder-length black hair with light brown, almost sandy highlights. Has hazel eyes which sparkles every time she is happy. Has baby fat but is fit enough due to her job. Has a small frame but is extremely strong. Has a coloured tattoo which looks like it has been sewn onto the left side of her chest which represents her own heart and this was designed by Estelle. She also has a fully coloured, full head-to-toe of The Holy Family tattooed onto her left side of her abdomen. Has tragus piercings on both ears, a right gauged ear and an industrial bar piercing on her left cartillage. She used to have an industrial bar piercing on her shoulder blade, but later removed due to the pain when she is drumming or repairing cars when she stretches.

*Matt’s little sister and currently studying in National University of Sciences (NUOS). She lives with her brother and his band. Is the youngest among the whole group. She plays the electric violin and classical piano. She loves sports a lot and she has an American-French accent.

Academic Results so far:
English: A
French: B
English Literature: A
French Literature: B
Combined Mathematics: C
Pure Chemistry: B
Pure Biology: A with Distinction
Pure Physics: A with Distinction
Pure History: A
Medical Science: A with Distinction

Attitude wise:
She is quiet, shy but gets high very easily. She likes Raphael from PsychoSomatic. She is very kind and sweet yet she can get sarcastic at times but she is just too nice. She always listens to her older brother, Matt and also to Estelle since she looks up to Estelle a lot. More of an introvert and observer, when she's upset, she sleeps or keep to herself. She is also calm and collected but hyperventilates when she sees Raphael. She enjoys sitting on Raphael's lap, though it is forbidden.

Looks:
Blondish brown curly hair which is straight at the top. Soft features with calming chocolate brown eyes who often wears grey contacts over it. She has no tattoos as she isn’t allowed by Matt to have one ironically. She has one piercing on each ear lobe and nothing else, also because of her brother.

;♥The Boys

Avenged Sevenfold

Name: Matthew Charles Sanders
A.K.A: M. Shadows, Shads, M, Matty, Charles, DimpleBoy
Age: 27
Height: 183cm
D.O.B: 31st July 1981
*Lead Singer of Avenged Sevenfold. He has a little sister, Malachi. His girlfriend is Valary Dibenedetto. He dropped out of High School at 18 because he was defiant and had no interest of studying. He then created the band Avenged Sevenfold. He has known Estelle and Jareb as long as Jimmy knew him. Easy going and caring, he is described by the guys: “The kind of guy who will take his shirt off and pass it to you if it’s raining and you are getting wet and feeling cold.” So yeah, pretty much a nice guy.

Name: Brian Elwin Haner, Jr
A.K.A: Synyster Gates, Syn, Gates, Haner, Elwin, Pudgy
Age: 27
Height: 179cm
D.O.B: 7th July 1981
*Lead Guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold. His girlfriend is Michelle Dibenedetto. He too dropped out of High School at 18 and went to help Matt in the setting up of the band. He has known Estelle, Jareb and Malachi for a long time now but isn’t close to them. He is nice if he wants to be, at times, he has huge attitude problems but he is actually shy and quiet. He only opens up to Zacky and Matt since they are the closest to him. He is totally oblivious to the fact that Jareb likes him since he has Michelle.

Name: Zachary James Baker
A.K.A: Zacky Vengeance, Zack, Vee, Snakey,
Age: 27
Height: 175cm
D.O.B: 11th December 1981
*Rhythm Guitarist of Avenged Sevenfold. He dropped out of school too at 18 due to his misconduct and joined Matt and Brian to make the band. He likes Estelle yet he doesn’t want to admit it since he is a shy person. A total riot to have around, he is totally pokable.
He is the emotional support of the band and keeps people calm. A real joker, he used to trick Estelle with his lame magic tricks but now she is catching on and getting him for it. He is really sweet and he loves talking to everybody, sharing problems and such.

Name: Jonathan Lewis Seward
A.K.A: Johnny Christ, John, J.C, Jona, ShortCakes, ShortShit, Small Big Brother.
Age: 24
Height: 168cm
D.O.B: 18th November 1981
*Bassist of Avenged Sevenfold. He has a little sister by the name of Jareb. Finished High School but didn’t continue on with his studies. Only joined A7X in 2002 since they were in need of a good Bassist. Good friends with everybody but is always bullied by Jimmy because of his height. He makes people go high because of his own insulting height jokes which causes people to piss their pants from laughing.

Name: James Owen Sullivan
A.K.A: The Reverend Tholomew Plague, The Rev, Jimmy, Jimbo, Golly Green Giant
Age: 28
Height: 189cm
D.O.B: 9th February 1981
*Drummer of Avenged Sevenfold. He has a little sister by the name of Estelle. He got kicked out of school 3 times, gotten in trouble with the law around 7 times due to misconduct in public but he is now doing better because he has this tattoo to remind him that it’s not worth it to keep returning to jail or rehabilitation.

Psycho Somatic

Name: Hatori Kitsuke
A.K.A: Hattie, Kit, Suke, Tori, Ha.
Age: 25
Height: 173cm
D.O.B: 13th February 1984
*Lead singer of PsychoSomatic and best friends with M.Shadows. He was the Honour Student in his cohort when he was in University. He is a total gentlemen and would do anything for anybody, basically a Matt Sanders No.2. He is quite quiet but when he drinks, he gets high and hyper. Great vocals but his vocals are soft and gentle unlike Matt’s.

Name: Ian Riott Couture
A.K.A: Riot, Ture, Eye.
Age: 25
Height: 180cm
D.O.B: 31st December 1984
*Lead guitarist of PsychoSomatic and is best friends with everybody. He finished High School and University with 7/10 distinctions. A kid at heart and loves to watch cartoons with Jareb and loves to have piggy bag rides on Jimmy. He is a total sweet heart too, he doesn’t get angry at all and he kinda can emo his way through an entire month, it has happened. His family and him are old family friends with the Sanders.

Name: Nathan Clouseau Amour Rings
A.K.A: Nathee, Nate, Amour, Ringo.
Age: 25
Height: 179cm
D.O.B: 7th July 1984
*Rhythm guitarist of PsychoSomatic. He finished school with Kea when they were in France getting 8/10 distinctions. He has a cool and sarcastic attitude and he speaks his mind clearly and loudly. He doesn’t give a shit what you think about him and he will insult you back if you insult him first. He hates people who hurt his best friends and is willing to kill anybody who does. He might seem distant but he knows how to make friends and make the right one that is.

Name: Jonny Jameson Daniels
A.K.A: Jonster, James, Danny, Jonneh.
Age: 28
Height: 179cm
D.O.B: 2nd June 1981
*He plays the turn tables in PsychoSomatic. He dropped out of the beginning of High School as he got into trouble with the law. He is a total bad boy and he has been in jail several times and counting but he is trying his best to reform and become a better person. He is a total nice guy but don’t piss him off, he might just stick a fork in your eye and kill you with it. He is quiet but when he is around his buddies, he is like Jimmy, wild and free.

Name: Raphael Michael Kea
A.K.A: Raphee, Mikey, Kea, RMK, Dumbass
Age: 22
Height: 195cm
D.O.B: 2nd July 1984
He is the drummer of PsychoSomatic, he graduated with fair grades in both High School and in University. He is a pervert but not as bad as Jareb but he can gross people out easily. He is a nice person, willing to defend his friends whenever they are being attacked. He has had many street brawls with him winning and the opponent going home with a new face. He might seem rough and tough, but he is a really sweet person when it gets to the ladies. Afraid of Matt, he did not express his feelings for Malachi, having to have Jareb and Estelle to urge him and find excuses for him to get close to her and to cover him. (Estelle and Jareb has their ways with Matt.)